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Jonathan Eig Books in Order

Jonathan Eig has written 10 books, published between 2005 and 2023. The first book is Luckiest Man (2005) and the newest is King: A Life (2023). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
10
Published
2005–2023
Pages on record
660 in 3 of 10 books
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Photo of Jonathan Eig, author of the Lola Jones series

Jonathan Eig is an American journalist and biographer, born April 26, 1964. King: A Life (2023), a biography of Martin Luther King Jr., won the Pulitzer Prize. Eig's other books in the catalogue include Luckiest Man (2005), Opening Day (2007), Get Capone (2010), The Birth of the Pill (2014) and Ali: A Life (2017). Subjects attached to the catalogue include Al Capone, organized crime, gangsters and tax evasion trials.

How many Jonathan Eig books are there?

Jonathan Eig has 10 books, released between 2005 and 2023. 4 of them belong to the Lola Jones series.

Jonathan Eig Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 10 Jonathan Eig books in the order they were published, with the release year, the page count where one is on record, and how many independent book listings confirm each title. Catalogue data as of September 2026.

  1. Cover of Get Capone by Jonathan Eig (2010)
  1. 1
    Luckiest Man2005 · confirmed 2/4
    2005–
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  2. 2
    Opening Day2007 · confirmed 2/4
    2007–
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  3. 3
    Get Capone2010 · 468 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2010468
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  4. 4
    The Birth of the Pill2014 · confirmed 2/4
    2014–
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  5. 5
    Ali: A Life2017 · confirmed 2/4
    2017–
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  6. 6
    Some PigtailsLola Jones #12020 · 96 pages · confirmed 2/4
    202096
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  7. 7
    Score for ImaginationLola Jones #22020 · confirmed 2/4
    2020–
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  8. 8
    The D.O.G.Lola Jones #32021 · 96 pages · confirmed 2/4
    202196
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  9. 9
    Everybody's HomeLola Jones #42021 · confirmed 2/4
    2021–
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  10. 10
    King: A Life2023 · confirmed 2/4
    2023–
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Jonathan Eig books grouped by series

Each title below is a row in the publication-order table above. None of these groups has a reading-order page of its own on this site.

Lola Jones in order

4 books
  1. 1. Some Pigtails
  2. 2. Score for Imagination
  3. 3. The D.O.G.
  4. 4. Everybody's Home

Standalone books

6 books

6 Jonathan Eig titles here are not listed as part of any series.

Do you have to read Jonathan Eig books in order?

You only need to read Jonathan Eig books in order within the Lola Jones series, which holds 4 of the 10 Jonathan Eig books listed here. The numbered table above gives every book in publication order.

Where to start with Jonathan Eig

Start with Luckiest Man (2005), the earliest published title.

What is the newest Jonathan Eig book?

King: A Life (2023) is the newest Jonathan Eig book released so far.

Is there a new Jonathan Eig book coming?

No next Jonathan Eig book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.

Jonathan Eig at a glance

Paused
No new Jonathan Eig title has appeared for 3 years. The last was published in 2023.
Release pace
Jonathan Eig books have appeared about one every 2 years on average.
Length
660 pages across the 3 of 10 books with a recorded length, a median of 96 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Jonathan Eig books, 5 of 10, were published in the 2020s.

What the Jonathan Eig books are about

5 of the 10 Jonathan Eig books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: children's fiction is tagged on 4 of 5. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.